Biography
Wallace Howe (March 4, 1878, in Fitchburg, Massachusetts – November 23, 1957, in Los Angeles, California), born Orlando Wallace Howe, was an American film actor. He appeared in 104 films between 1918 and 1936, including many films with Harold Lloyd and Stan Laurel, and in short films with the original Our Gang.
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Complete Filmography
Adventure's End
1937
as Kierce
Pacific pearl diver Duke Slade escapes angry natives by joining a whaler whose dying captain persuades him to marry his daughter who is already being ...
Red River Valley
1936
as Rancher (uncredited)
Gene and Frog set out to find out who has been causing the accidents at a dam construction site.
Headin' for the Rio Grande
1936
as Reports Escape
Western - Singing cowboy Tex Saunders (Tex Ritter) finds himself in a heap of trouble when he agrees to investigate local gangsters at the behest of a...
Lawless Range
1935
as Hank Mason
John Middleton is investigating cattle rustling when he is captured and tossed into a cave with Emmett, a rancher who disappeared earlier. They help e...
The Lucky Texan
1934
as Townsman with News (uncredited)
Jerry Mason, a young Texan, and Jake Benson, an old rancher, become partners and strike it rich with a gold mine. They then find their lives complicat...
Speedy
1928
as Lung Machine Concessionaire (uncredited)
Speedy loses his job as a soda jerk, then spends the day with his girl at Coney Island. He then becomes a cab driver and delivers Babe Ruth to Yankee ...
Speedy
1928
Makeup Artist
Speedy loses his job as a soda jerk, then spends the day with his girl at Coney Island. He then becomes a cab driver and delivers Babe Ruth to Yankee ...
Behind the Counter
1928
Eddie, a prim store salesman, gets locked in overnight and battles hoodlums.
Call Again
1928
as Man chased by cop (uncredited)
Edward Everett Horton is scheduled to go on a date with Duane Thompson. She, being only 25, is a schoolgirl at Aileen Manning's girl's school. Horton ...
The Freshman
1925
as Gardener (uncredited)
Harold Lamb is so excited about going to college that he has been working to earn spending money, practicing college yells, and learning a special way...
The Whole Truth
1923
as Chemist
A prosecutor instructs the audience of a courtroom to observe the tearful and slightly hysterical wife (Helen Gilmore) who is sitting in the witness b...
It's a Gift
1923
as Customer
A group of oil magnates are trying to think of new ways to attract business. One of them suggests that they contact the inventor Pollard, who has devi...
Why Worry?
1923
as The Valet
A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.
The Uncovered Wagon
1923
Hal Roach short is a spoof of the 1923 Western COVERED WAGON, which was a huge hit for Paramount. In this film a group of people are heading out West ...
Dogs of War!
1923
as Actor
The gang wages war using old vegetables as munitions. Later, they ruin a movie in progress when they double-expose the film.
Sold at Auction
1923
as The Man Who Sold
This Hal Roach comedy short I found on the "American Slapstick" DVD collection of rare silent comedies starts bizarre and has an anything goes-quality...
The Smile Wins
1923
James Parrott as a very persistent book salesman.
Safety Last!
1923
as Man with Flowers / Studio Photographer (uncredited)
When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.
Safety Last!
1923
Makeup Artist
When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.
Before the Public
1923
'Snub' Pollard is an local actor getting a big break in the movie industry, coming home to show off his fame.
Jailed and Bailed
1923
A silent comedy short starring Jobyna Ralston and James Parrott.
Blaze Away
1922
Paul is practicing the art of being a cowboy. He consults a book before firing his gun, climbing onto a saddle on top of a chair and then falling off ...
Dr. Jack
1922
as Asylum Guard (uncredited)
Country doctor Jack Jackson is called in to treat the Sick-Little-Well-Girl, who has been making Dr. Saulsbourg and his sanitarium very rich after yea...
The Landlubber
1922
Paul Parrott comedy produced by Hal Roach.
Take Next Car
1922
In this 1922 Pathe-distributed, Hal Roach silent-era comedy, the owner of a local streetcar business is in danger of losing his franchise, but the str...
The Dumb-Bell
1922
as Actor playing doctor
The owners of a movie studio are having problems with a temperamental director, and they promise an actor on one of his pictures that he can have the ...
Good Morning, Judge
1922
Courtroom comedy with Eddie Boland as Judge.
Punch the Clock
1922
Eddie suspects his wife of having an affair with Snub. Snub, meanwhile, just wants to get to work on time.
Do Me a Favor
1922
Marie's inebriated husband refuses to go to bed, so she asks Snub, a homeless man she finds sleeping in the park, to assist.
Pardon Me
1922
Snub puts over some amusing hokum in his efforts to be arrested.
On Location
1921
Snub is an street sweeper with OCD, living in a neighborhood full of fussy people. He is sweeping the street when he anticipates a cop who is about to...
Now or Never
1921
as Sheriff of Teetersburg (uncredited)
A young man, unaccustomed to children, must accompany a young girl on a train trip.
Run 'Em Ragged
1920
Run ’Em Ragged, Snub Pollard’s 39th starring vehicle, uses familiar slapstick-- Over-the-top make-up, ethnic humor, and a chase across Los Angeles’s E...
High and Dizzy
1920
as Her Father
A tipsy doctor encounters his patient sleepwalking on a building ledge, high above the street.
An Eastern Westerner
1920
as (uncredited)
A young man in New York has exasperated his father because of his constant carousing and irresponsibility, so his father sends him to his uncle's ranc...
Cracked Wedding Bells
1920
'Snub' Pollard in a lot of wedding problems.
Haunted Spooks
1920
as The Uncle
After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer who is looking for a stooge to stand in as a groom in order to s...
His Royal Slyness
1920
A young adventurer trades places with a European prince and falls in love above his station.
The Dippy Dentist
1920
as Patient in waiting room
The film begins with a girl who is supposedly irresistible to all men. Several guys all come to her to pledge their undying love--including Harold Llo...
Don't Shove
1919
Harold and his rival fight over Bebe on her birthday, first at her home and then at a nearby skating rink.
Count Your Change
1919
Harold becomes the victim of a clever bulldog pup who chases him in and out of various places.
The Marathon
1919
as The Rich Girl's Father
Boy trying to impress girl, gets chased by her father and the police right into an ongoing marathon.
Si, Senor
1919
Our hero is a barber in a small Mexican town, wooing a local senorita, against the wishes of her mother.
Young Mr. Jazz
1919
as (uncredited)
While running away from his girl's father, Harold's car breaks down in front of a dance hall run by crooks. Harold has to not only stay one step ahead...
A Sammy in Siberia
1919
as (uncredited)
A bumbling American soldier saves a girl from a bunch of Cossacks.
Next Aisle Over
1919
as (uncredited)
A salesman takes a job at a department store to impress a girl and winds up stopping a kidnapping.
Ask Father
1919
as The Boss
Lloyd is a serious young middle-class guy on the make who wants to marry the boss’ daughter. The problem is getting in to see the boss so that he can ...
Take a Chance
1918
It's a classic boy-meets-girl story, boy-loses-girl, boy gets mistaken for an escaped convict and ruthlessly chased by armies of cops across the count...
Just Rambling Along
1918
A nervy young man follows a pretty lady into a diner to flirt with her, but winds up getting stuck with the tab.
The City Slicker
1918
Our hero gets a job at a hotel in the country and proceeds to introduce some changes, installing gadgets and time-saving devices.